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As of the time of this blog post, the Sports Insights Sports Investing Index is down -10.3% for the month of September. With the start of the football season (both college and professional football), Index performance is now comprised of a more-balanced set of sports: Baseball continues to see public favorites punish the dogs, with…

Every Tuesday, we take a look at the early line movement and college football betting trends for the 15 most heavily bet games, in terms of the number of total bets. Team Betting % Current Open Notes Stanford 88% -21 -18 After Duke lost to FCS Richmond last week, it’s no surprise to see public taking Stanford and Heisman…

The Sports Investing Index continued its recent decline, ending September with a loss of -7.9% for August. Major League Baseball remains positive for the year, although contrarian plays have given back much of their gains for the season. Football is now here, though, so there will be some diversification to the Index starting now! We’ll…

Sports Insights is pleased to present an update to its popular series of “betting against the Public” — for college football. http://sportsinsights.com/sports-betting-articles/ncaa-football/bet-against-public/2010-11-season-review.aspx Betting against the public continues to show an impressive bias and edge — based on its contrarian approach — helping Sports Insights and its members in their sports handicapping.

When we use the term ‘popular’ at Sports Insights, we are referring to the number of bets made on each game according to our own Betting Trends. We often look at these games because if there is a large number of bets, then it is likely that there is a large amount of “square” money…

With about a week left in the month, the Sports Insights Sports Investing Index is down -7.1% for the month. This is relatively unchanged since our last update near mid-month. Baseball continues to be the sole driver of Index performance in August — but Sports Insights is preparing for college and professional football.